The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has commended President Bola Tinubu for “the approval of 22 new universities, 33 new polytechnics and monotechnics, and 12 new colleges of education across the country between late 2024 and 2025.”
According to a statement on Monday, the JAMB registrar spoke during an interactive session with principal officers of the newly established, upgraded, and recently approved tertiary institutions in Abuja.
According to Oloyede, the approval of the 67 new higher institutions, demonstrated Tinubu’s “commitment to expanding access to tertiary education.”
Oloyede sternly warned the institutions against conducting illegal admissions, stressing that there will be no room for regularisation of such entries, emphasing that all admissions must go through the Central Admissions Processing System and adhere strictly to due process.
The registrar directed over 80 institutions recently approved by the Federal Government—including universities, polytechnics, monotechnics, and colleges of education—to comply fully with the standardized admission procedures.